How can the Polish working people contribute to the overthrow of bourgeois governments in the United States? Polish communists let themselves be persuaded that there was only one solution. Polish shipbuilders and miners must immediately start listening to rocknroll! When Władysław Gomułka came t
If you think that the life of an armored man during World War II was all about chasing a dog after redheaded nurses and washing the cannons to sensitive tanks, then we must disappoint you. It was neither that simple nor that pathetic. At least in the British Army. Reading the memories of Britis
At the threshold of the 20th century, it was stylish to travel with your pet. When the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, not only humans lost their lives, but also their animals. On the other hand, in almost empty lifeboats, couch dogs often left, wrapped in warm blankets and sitting comfortably on th
Passport begged, visa cleared, and Polish Artistic Agency (Pagart) stamped consent. We pack the instruments, the team and a good attitude to the vehicle and to the road. Just to cross the border. Then only ... trade, smuggling, drunkenness and scandals. And only music somehow last place It all
Stinky ham, paid trips to Golgotha, rules for sharing an egg and ... Easter eggs filled with TNT for the occupant! Polish soldiers could spend Easter better than anyone else. And they had some really weird things to say about it. It is known that Christmas greetings are the basis. This opinion
Today, there are dozens of types of toothpaste, brushes and other articles on the market that confirm that in order to have healthy teeth, you only need to want. In the modern era it was not so easy, and the proud Sarmatians used really original methods to keep a beautiful smile. Sources leave
Every evening you wonder if Daddy is coming today? Are you asking if they have arrested him already? Will he have to go into hiding again? Will it be hit by the ball of the hated government army? If you are having problems like this, its a sign that you are screwed. Your father is a revolutionist
It is impossible to carry a rifle without food. The Warsaw insurgents knew it very well. Soup-spit, porridge with worms, workhorses on a plate. In August 1944, the fight against hunger was not much easier than the fight against the occupant. The beginnings did not foreshadow a catastrophe. In th
Fresh vegetables, fruits and exotic flowers in the middle of Siberian winter? Youre welcome! Private cinemas and travels in tsarist salons? On call. Champagne, caviar, gourmet dishes and excess kilos when everyone is starving? Of course. We present the high life of the Soviet pre-war elite. Afte
Brezhnev was a terrible goblet, Gorbachev even freaked out at breakfast and Yeltsin drank plain vodka with buckets. What secrets did the Kremlin kitchen hide and hide? Włodzimierz Lenin paid little attention to food, and he openly called lunch and dinner feeding. The leader of the revolution had
The gods of the ancient Greeks and Romans were human, loved, hated and had a lot of sex. And the Egyptians? They were already completely forgetting the limits of decency. But only for a good cause! The Egyptians, as we wrote in the articles on prostitution and erotic curses, had a casual approac
The Russian proverb says that when a tsar catches a cold, all of Russia coughs. And no wonder. After all, for the Russians it was none other than their own state God. At the turn of the Middle Ages and the early modern era, Polish kings were afraid of nothing more than the Russian tsars being aw
Today we have a SPA in every corner of Poland, renowned health resorts, great accommodation facilities, an extensive service sector ... and all this is just waiting for us and our money. It was not so beautiful in the interwar period. Polish resorts were just spreading their wings and slowly gaining
Quite recently we wrote about the inhabitants of besieged Leningrad, who in their desperate struggle for their lives did not shy away from cannibalism. Before this happened, however, the city authorities somehow tried to feed hundreds of thousands of starving people. When practically everything was
After World War II, the French had an amazing love for the Soviet Union and communism. Until the 1970s, the French Communist Party was one of the main political forces on the Seine. In subsequent elections, it won from 20 to almost 30% of the votes. It was only a certain film and a certain book that
The authorities of West Berlin must have had something of the dragons known from fairy tales and legends. They were also collecting treasures! And they were by no means limited to gold or valuables. Everything of any value landed in the gigantic bunkers and warehouses. What didnt also. Immediat
In the history of the Soviet Union, only once has a party and state leader resigned and survived. All others ruled until death (Stalin, Brezhnev, Chernenko) or until arrested and secretly executed (Beria). What was the life of the only retired Soviet dictator - Nikita Khrushchev? Khrushchev was
Edward VII (1841-1910) was not a typical king. He spent almost his entire life under a shed, as an underestimated son of a great ruler:Queen Victoria. He himself only became a monarch at the age of 60. He had a plethora of new responsibilities, but he had no intention of giving up his past pastimes.
Some time ago we told you about the life, upbringing and even rooms of young ladies from good homes in the past epochs. You have rightly pointed out that few families have lived on such a foot in the past. Well, how did the most ordinary people live then? In fact ... almost like animals. Throug
According to the teaching of the Catholic Church, the first Christians were the disciples of Christ. It is obvious to all of us, but what if we are grossly mistaken? According to some German theologians, the first follower of the new religion was ... a Roman legionnaire named Longinus. And if that w
In recent years, a lot has been said about the allegedly deliberate mistreatment of Red Army soldiers who were captured in Poland in the years 1919-1920. The Russians even claim that the Poles committed genocide against them. However, they themselves “forget” about the fate of Polish prisoners of wa
The movies got us used to the image of the pirate as a cute, if somewhat crude brawler. Unrestricted freedom, tropical holidays, a girl in every port ... There is not much truth in this vision. Pirates paid for freedom with a noose, malaria raged in the Caribbean, all suffered from rheumatism and di
Winning a war usually means a lot of loot for the winners. It was no different when the Allies defeated the Axis powers in 1945. Almost immediately, they began to distribute the territories and resources of the losing countries. For the Americans, however, the greatest war gain turned out to be ...
In the years 1912-1914, the Russians followed the fate of the polar expeditions led by their countrymen with bated breath. One of the expeditions led by G.J. At the end of 1913, Siedowa disappeared somewhere near the Franz Josef Land. But lets start at the beginning. Georgy J. Sedov announced th